Yeehaw! Just when you thought it was easy to finger-point at Russia and Uganda, this past weekend, Republicans in the Michigan Statehouse USA successfully passed a “license to discriminate” bill that would give anyone the right to refuse service to LGBT people if it “conflicted with their religious beliefs.

The broadly written Religious Freedom Restoration Act would allow, for example, an EMT to refuse emergency treatment to a gay person or a pharmacist to refuse to refill HIV medication, because God decreed gays and lesbians should be put to death.
The measure is similar to one in Arizona that even right-wing governor Jan Brewer thought went too far and vetoed.
As The New Civil Rights Movement points out, the act is so broad it would let a Catholic high school refuse to hire a Muslim janitor, and a DMV clerk deny a new driver’s license to someone who is divorced.

Gross! Lets hope this bill gets knocked down and taken back asap!
[via newnownext]

RadarOnline reports that Monica Lewinsky recently made her first public speaking engagement in more than a decade at the Forbes Under 30 Summit.

Invited to talk about the “scourge of harassment in the digital age,” Lewinsky, 41, opened her emotional speech with, “My name is Monica Lewinsky – though I’ve often been advised to change it.”
“Overnight I went from being a completely private figure to a publicly humiliated one,” she said. “I was Patient Zero, the first person to have their reputation completely destroyed worldwide via the Internet.”

Check out some of the trolling that has been going on with Monica since her recent foray into Twitter after the jump!

The fangs came out at the San Diego Comic-Con panel on Saturday when True Blood star Kristen Bauer van Straten AKA “Pam” commented on some things said by Sarah Palin about her show.

It all revolves around last week’s episode in which the supernatural drama shot up an event in honor of Sen. Ted Cruz, which included referring to the guests as “assholes.” It also gave Pam a high-haired and sequin dress makeover that had her exclaiming, “Oh my God, I’m a Republicunt.”
Ted Cruz weighed in, calling the episode “misogynist and profanity-ridden.” Palin then came forward and said that HBO had asked her to do a cameo. According to a channel spokesperson, they did extend the invitation to Palin via a representative but didn’t hear back.Palin said that she show aimed to insult a conservative woman in person rather than just all conservative women.

This is why we love Kristen Bauer van Straten: Not only did the animal-rights activist actress refer to Palin as ‘the wolf-killer lady’ at the conference, but she went on to say “She’ll weigh in on anything,” and “It’s sweet many many years later that I’ve made her angry, I had fun doing it.” Sounds like she was in character!
[via tv.yahoo]

BRAZZERS adult film star Nikki Benzis fed up with Toronto’s racist, sexist, homophobic crackhead mayor Rob Ford. Nikki has always been very giving and is known for taking things… erm… upon herself since coming up in the scene within the adult industry, but this time she’s set out to fix the city Toronto and lend her skill set to turning their fair city around! YASS!

Benz, star of Meet The F*ckers 6 and Take No Prisoners, told the Toronto Sun: “I can do a great job at running the city. If Rob Ford can do it, I can do it.” Let’s be fair, she’s probably right. Benz has pledged to make May 7 National Masturbation Day (although how this is to be celebrated is unclear) and vows that her election as mayor will generate huge profits for the Canadian city. And, of course, massive publicity for her body of work.

What a hot bitch! She’s got our vote simply by existing. Infact, Nikki if you’re in Toronto — lets go for drinks! I have some hot straight friends you can “speak with” about your presidency and stuff. You’re like the new OLabia Chow!
[via DAZED]

There are far more awful things to get worked up about than a bunch of Brazilian GILFs that just wanna bone for a living — but folks in Brazil are apparently up in arms about these advertisements supporting their trade.
What are your thoughts on it? The only REAL controversy here should be that shirt on the right! It definitely was stolen from my friend Keeara, the candy raver in my 8th grade math class.
[via hispanically speaking news]